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*He also surveyed the line of the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] and then returned to Britain.
*From 1870 Consulting Engineer to Karachi, being the Engineer to the [[Karachi Tramway]] which operated on the roads of that city 'with Chief Engineer John Brunton, whose name was long known in Karachi in connection with the Karachi-Kotri section of the [[Scinde Railway]] line which had been constructed under his supervision' <ref name=muhal>[http://defence.pk/threads/the-karachi-tramway-of-yesteryear.428552/ Pakistan Tourism “The Karachi Tramway” by Owais Muhal, 28 Apr 2016]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016</ref>
His son [[William Arthur Brunton]] from 1857-70 was an Engineer with the [[Scinde Railway]], the [[Indus Valley State Railway|Indus Valley Railway]] and finally the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] <ref name=Hughes/>.
==Recommended Reading==
The following book is 'Waiting for Review' by FIBIS [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Waiting_for_review "The Diary of John Brunton"]
*Brunton, John, "The Diary of John Brunton, Engineer, East India Railway Company", Karchi: [http://pakdata.com/citypress/cpp4.htm City Press], 1997. ISBN 99-8380-03-5. (Reprint version). Originally printed by Cambridge University Press, 1939. The [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vmo3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PT8 Introduction] to the book is available in Preview Google Books (Title transferred January 2016)
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